This seven-week studio
intensive is essential for students who anticipate working in garden plann
ing and design. Learn basic drafting skills necessary to record and effect
ively communicate scaled site plans. The first four weeks of the course wi
ll cover reference books\, drafting supplies\, media/paper types\, line we
ights\; lettering and scale reading. Drafting demonstrations will familiar
ize students with professional drawing techniques and the students will be
gin to draft basic site plans. Map making will be covered in week four. Du
ring the last half of the course\, students will learn to develop a landsc
ape graphic palette to illustrate trees\, shrubs\, perennials and ground c
overs as well as hardscape materials such as stone terraces\, etc. Student
s will also learn professional rendering techniques using prismacolor penc
ils. This course is designed for beginners to intermediates and will prepa
re students for all design classes offered in the Horticultural Certificat
e Program. We strongly suggest that all students who anticipate working pr
ofessionally in the field of horticulture complete this course. For materi
als list\, click
here. For textbook list\, click here.

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$25 copy fe
e applies.

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Instructor – Steven Foster\, ASLA<
/b> is a registered landscape architect in MA with over thirty years exper
ience. He currently divides his time between private practice and teaching
at the Landscape Design Institute affiliated with Arnold Arboretum and Ha
rvard University.